num2str with metric prefix

Version 1.0.0.0 (1.37 KB) by Mark T
Converts numbers to strings in engineering notation
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Converts numbers to strings in engineering notation. Produces string (array) from numbers with mantissa and metric prefix (every third power of 10 between 1e-24 to 1e24).

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Mark T (2025). num2str with metric prefix (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/20950-num2str-with-metric-prefix), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2007a
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1.0.0.0

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